Rebecca Renfro

Brief Life History of Rebecca

When Rebecca Renfro was born about 1783, in Virginia, British Colonial America, her father, Isaac Renfro, was 29 and her mother, Corrie Agnes Young, was 29. She married Hiram Kilgore in 1800, in Scott, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She died in 1863, in Scott, Virginia, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Kilgore Cemetery, Scott, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Hiram Kilgore
1771–1851
Rebecca Renfro
1783–1863
Marriage: 1800
Charles Kilgore
1801–1874
Martha Kilgore
1805–1848
John Martin Kilgore
1804–1873
Sarah Jane Kilgore
1806–1879
James Hiram Kilgore
1808–1895
Rebecca Renfro Kilgore
1811–1850
Mary Kilgore
1814–1880
Stephen Kilgore
1815–1865
Margaret Rhoda Kilgore
1818–1891
Alice Kilgore
1819–1872
Winney E. Kilgore
1822–1900

Sources (12)

  • Rebecca Kilgore in household of Stephen Kilgore, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Rebecca Renfro Kilgore, “ Find A Grave 240953168”
  • Rebecca Kilgore in entry for Rhoda Elliott, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"

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World Events (8)

1783 · A Free America

The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.

1788 · Becomes the 10th state

On June 25, 1788 Virginia became the 10th state. 

1804

Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.

Name Meaning

Scottish: variant of Renfrew .

English (Devon): from the Middle English personal name Reinfrid (ancient Germanic Ragin-, Raganfrid from ragin ‘counsel, decision’ + frid ‘peace’). This surname is now rare in Britain.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Hiram Kilgore Story

Hiram Kilgore, born 1771, died April 1, 1851, married Rebecca Renfro, born 1781 died about 1861. The 1850 census for Scott county, Va., gives them both as being born in Virginia. They were buried in t …

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